Crebassa v. Manendo

Filing 9

ORDER that 6 Motion to Combine Complaints is DENIED. Crebassa has until 4:00 p.m. on July 13, 2018, to file an amended complaint that cures the deficiencies that Magistrate Judge Koppe identified in her August 31, 2017, order. If Crebassa does n ot file an amended complaint by that deadline, or if her amended complaint still fails to state a claim for relief, this case will be dismissed with prejudice without prior notice. Signed by Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey on 6/13/2018. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - MMM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

3 Sarah Crebassa,

Case No.: 2:17-cv-02271-JAD-NJK

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Order Denying Motion to
Consolidate Cases and Directing
Amendment

Plaintiff

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6 Mark Manendo,
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[ECF No. 6]

Defendant

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In late August 2017, Sarah Crebassa commenced eight lawsuits in this court against a

9 wide variety of individuals and organizations. 1 In each, she sought leave to proceed in forma
10 pauperis, and in each, she filed an identical “Motion to Combine Complaints [and] Motion to
11 Amend the Complaints.” I denied the request to amend without prejudice while Crebassa’s
12 motion to consolidate was under consideration by U.S. District Judge Mahan and U.S.
13 Magistrate Judge George Foley, Jr., who were assigned Crebassa’s first-filed action. 2 Magistrate
14 Judge Foley denied the motion in that first-filed case as premature because that case had not yet
15 been screened under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 3
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The complaint against defendant Mark Manendo has been screened. Magistrate Judge

17 Nancy Koppe concluded that Crebassa’s “complaint consisting of a conclusory cover page
18 indicating that Defendant stalked her while in jail and ‘taunts her with is resume’” fails to state a
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Crebassa v. LVMPD, 2:17-cv-02270-JCM-GWF; Crebassa v. Manendo, 2:17-cv-02271-JADNJK; Crebassa v. Ariotta, 2:17-cv-02272-APG-NJK; Crebassa v. Rape Crisis Center, 2:17-cv21
02273-JAD-CWH; Crebassa v. ACLU, 2:17-cv-02274-RFB-PAL; Crebassa v. Sandoval, 2:1722 cv-02276-APG-NJK; Crebassa v. Lockhead, 2:17-cv-02277-JAD-NJK; Crebassa v. Citizens
Review Board, 2:17-cv-02278-JCM-PAL.
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Crebassa v. LVMPD, 2:17-cv-2270-JCM-GWF.

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Id. at ECF No. 7.

1 claim for relief. 4 Judge Koppe explained that plaintiffs like Crebassa must identify the cause of
2 action they are intending to assert and the legal theory and facts that it is based on, and they must
3 also explain why this court has jurisdiction over that claim. Judge Koppe dismissed Crebassa’s
4 complaint and gave her until September 29, 2017, to file an amended complaint that contains the
5 missing information. 5
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Crebassa did not file an amended complaint. She instead filed her “Motion to Combine

7 Complaints [and] Motion to Amend the Complaints” on the eve of the deadline to amend. 6 I
8 now take this opportunity to deny that motion in this case because it is largely nonsensical and
9 fails to establish that relief is warranted. Except for the title, the document offers no hint as to
10 why consolidation is appropriate. And considering that Magistrate Judge Koppe already granted
11 Crebassa leave to file an amended complaint, Crebassa’s request to amend is unnecessary.
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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Crebassa’s Motion to Combine

13 Complaints [ECF No. 6] is DENIED.
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Because it appears that Crebassa was somehow confused by Magistrate Judge Koppe’s

15 order giving her leave to amend, I will extend Crebassa’s deadline to file an amended complaint
16 to July 13, 2018. Crebassa has until 4:00 p.m. on July 13, 2018, to file an amended
17 complaint that cures the deficiencies that Magistrate Judge Koppe identified in her August
18 31, 2017, order. If Crebassa does not file an amended complaint by that deadline, or if her
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ECF No. 3 at 2.

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Id.

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ECF No. 6.
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1 amended complaint still fails to state a claim for relief, this case will be dismissed with
2 prejudice without prior notice.
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Dated: June 13, 2018

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U.S. District Judge Jennifer A. Dorsey

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